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• The House of Love and Death

  Klavan, Andrew,

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  Cameron Winter has an innate ability to recreate detailed crime scenes in his imagination and dissect the motives and encounters that produced them. He applies his deductive abilities to investigate a family mysteriously killed in a small Chicago…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Puzzle Master

  Trussoni, Danielle,

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  Mike Brink experienced a traumatic brain injury that enables him to solve puzzles in ways ordinary people can’t. Jess Price is a silent woman serving thirty years in prison for murder who creates a perplexing puzzle her psychiatrist believes will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mystery Guest

  Prose, Nita,

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  Sequel to "The Maid." With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, neurodivergent Molly Gray has risen through the ranks of the glorious Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But her world is turned upside down when J. D.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

  Haddon, Mark, 1962-

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  Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Children Return

  Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23-

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  When an undercover agent tracking domestic jihadists is found murdered, followed by the return of Sami, a local autistic youth thought lost to Islamic extremism, the Italian provincial village of St. Denis suddenly becomes a front line in the global…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Framed Women of Ardemore House

  Schillace, Brandy,

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  Jo Jones has always had a little trouble fitting in. As a neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor and divorced New Yorker transplanted into the English countryside, Jo doesn't know what stands out more: her Americanisms or her autism. After losing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Question of the Missing Head

  An Asperger's Mystery

  Copperman, E. J., 1957-

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  Samuel Hoenig answers questions for a living. As a man with Asperger's Syndrome, his unique personality helps him ferret out almost any answer there is. But his latest question is a rather odd one—who stole a preserved head from the Garden State…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The London Eye Mystery

  Dowd, Siobhan,

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  Ted and his older sister Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye and after half an hour the ride ended and everyone trooped off, except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and Kat…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ascendant

  [a Novel]

  Chapman, Drew,

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  Hidden deep within the figures tracking the ups and downs of the stock market lies a terrifying truth: America is under attack. Our economy is in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy, and no one knows. Except Garrett Reilly, a rising star on Wall…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rubbernecker

  Bauer, Belinda, 1962-

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  “The dead can’t speak to us,” Professor Madoc had said. But that was a lie. The body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. But no one hears what Patrick does, and no one understand when he tries to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Colin Fischer

  Miller, Ashley Edward,

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  Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions. When a gun is found in the school cafeteria, interrupting a classmate's birthday celebration, Colin is the only one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gauguin Connection

  Ryan, Estelle,

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  As an insurance investigator and analytical expert in nonverbal communication, Dr. Genevieve Lenard faces the daily challenge of living a successful, independent life with her high functioning autism. A favor to help her boss' acerbic friend look…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stages

  a Mystery

  Satterlee, Thom,

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  How does a man with Asperger's Syndrome step out of his office, leave behind the safety of his desk and books, and embrace the world he's always kept at arm's length? All his life, Daniel has hidden behind his reputation as one of the world’s best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bridge

  Bron = Broen. Series 1

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  A woman is found murdered in the middle of the Oresund Bridge, on the border between Sweden and Denmark. Police from both countries are called to the scene, and what looks like one murder turns out to be two. It's a spectacular double murder: the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bridge

  Bron = Broen. Series 2

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  An abandoned tanker ship crashes into the Oresund bridge, on the border between Sweden and Denmark. Onboard are five Swedish and Danish youths, chained below deck, unconscious. Investigating the incident is Scandinavia's oddest couple: Swedish…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bridge. The Complete Second Season

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  This is the American version of the joint Swedish/Danish production. You can get Season One via SearchOhio.